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Gov. Tom Wolf’s march alongside Black Lives Matter protesters became an issue Thursday when an openly skeptical Commonwealth Court judge refused to issue an order to immediately curb the size of the crowd at the Spring Carlisle car show and flea market over Department of Health claims it poses a dire COVID-19 risk. Instead, because of a dispute over whether the law firm for Carlisle Events, the show’s presenter, can represent the company, Judge Anne E. Covey rescheduled a hearing on the case for noon Friday to give the car show organizers time to get new lawyers. It appears, however,...

Earlier this month, a Twitter account called We See What You're Doing posted a screenshot of a Northeastern School District principal's personal Facebook page, which shared a video saying that Black Lives Matter is a "leftist lie." The post asked Shallow Brook Intermediate School Principal Scott D'Orazio why he didn't tweet it from his school. It tagged the intermediate school's Twitter account. Now his job is on the line. The district administration, which includes Supt. Stacey Sidle, recommended his firing during a school board meeting on Monday night. District officials allege D'Orazio acted outside of his authority by deleting the...

3:45 PM · Jun 15, 2020

Carlisle Events officials were considering their options Wednesday morning after the state Department of Health, citing COVID-19 concerns, sued the company to try to stop it from holding its Spring Carlisle car show that is expected to draw 100,000 visitors. Mike Garland, company spokesman, said the firm was declining comment on the suit filed in Commonwealth Court while awaiting advice from its lawyer. Meanwhile, the show, a huge automotive flea market that draws visitors and vendors nationwide, was still scheduled to run Wednesday through Saturday at the Carlisle Fairgrounds. It had already been delayed by two months due to the...

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf has spent the last handful of Fridays moving counties from one phase to another within his color-coded coronavirus reopening plan. Will more areas of the state be designated tomorrow to move forward to the least restrictive zone, the green one, as soon as next week? If the trend continues, the answer is yes, as a number of counties have been in the yellow phase for 14 days, which is the minimum amount of time a location must spend there before it is eligible to move on to green. Two weeks is hardly a maximum, though, as...

We previously discussed the double-talk from the administration of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf on the issue of masks. Are they required or not? Getting a straight answer from anyone with any sort of authority – either the Governor himself or Health Secretary Rachel Levine – is basically impossible. Instead of giving a simple yes or no answer, anyone asking usually gets a lecture on the importance of masks. That’s the importance of masks, according to them, of course. You can do a simple internet search on whether cloth face masks are effective at preventing anything and you’ll get conflicting results....

In a thoroughly disgusting letter dated 7 June, 2020 and addressed to “Franklin County Citizens”, Franklin County District Attorney Matthew Fogal expressed solidarity with leftist hate group Black Lives Matter, the same group that has been rioting, burning and murdering citizens and police officers nationwide. Fogal also took the opportunity to join Deep State operative James Mattis in attacking President Trump and in all but name encouraging Republicans to vote for sleazy Democrat Joe Biden in November.

The legislature on Tuesday passed a resolution directing Gov. Tom Wolf to end the COVID-19 disaster emergency, and reopen all businesses.

Numerous outdoor entertainment venues can start up again thanks to new guidance from Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf. A news released issued Wednesday, June 10 said places like golf courses, motorsports, and go-cart venues can reopen and activities like boating, horse riding, tennis, archery or shooting, outdoor miniature golf, mountain biking, rock climbing, disc golf, and paintball can now be offered by businesses that are still in the yellow phase of the state’s coronavirus reopening plan. Previously, a county had to reach Wolf’s green phase, otherwise known as the least restrictive one, before the places described above could open. Now, however,...

Gov. Tom Wolf (D) on Friday defended his decision to violate social distancing guidelines — and his state’s own orders — by attending a Black Lives Matter protest in Harrisburg but admitted that it was “inconsistent” for him to do so, particularly after threatening business owners. “That was inconsistent, I acknowledge that,” Wolf said during Friday’s press conference in response to a sharp critique from Pennsylvania Rep. Fred Keller (R-PA), who highlighted the hypocrisy of the governor:

And judging by the numbers so far, President Trump drew voters out in force. With almost 98 percent of districts counted, Republicans have cast more than 861,000 ballots for Donald Trump, with 734,000 Democrats voting for Joe Biden. And while it’s still unclear how many people voted in person versus mail-in ballot, some counties are reporting that Trump drew plenty of supporters out of their homes. Most voters who cast in-person ballots in the suburban Pittsburgh county of Beaver, for example, were Republicans, said Daniel Camp, a GOP elected official there. “Republican turnout in person outperformed Democrat turnout in a...

Twelve more Pa. counties will enter the green phase of Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus reopening plan next Friday. Adams, Beaver, Carbon, Columbia, Cumberland, Juniata, Mifflin, Northumberland, Union, Wayne, Wyoming, and York counties were all designated to move out of the yellow phase at 12:01 a.m. on June 12 after spending all of next week still in the yellow phase. And, speaking of the yellow phase, every county in the state is now either in it or the green phase after Wolf’s complete stay at home order expired this morning. Remember: Most everything can reopen in the green phase, but Pa....

Today, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Commission on LGBTQ Affairs, Executive Director Rafael Álvarez Febo issued the following statement: “Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, Pennsylvanians have tremendously benefited from the steadfast leadership of Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine. “Dr. Levine has provided critical information to keep us safe from this dangerous virus, while also making important decisions managing the Pennsylvania Department of Health. Dr. Levine is a respected physician with decades of experience in healthcare. The leadership of Dr. Levine and her staff has helped save countless lives during this unprecedented time....

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf is expected to announce which counties will be next to move into the green phase of his coronavirus reopening plan on Friday. Who could make the cut? As of 12:01 a.m. today, Friday, June 5, every county has exited the state’s complete stay at home order, otherwise known as the red phase. That means 33 counties are in the yellow phase, where aggressive mitigation must be practiced, while 34 are in the green, or the least restrictive phase of Wolf’s plan. Under it, all businesses can open again as long as they follow CDC and Pa....

A York City police officer was taken out of the field after officials received a complaint that he’d reenacted the police-custody death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd at a party. Mayor Michael Helfrich responded to the allegations against the officer on Facebook, urging residents to record everything so it is easier to prove fact from fiction. The officer in question is on desk duty while the incident is investigated, he said. “The police officer has been removed from public service and has been assigned to desk service until that we can complete the collection of evidence and testimonies, a process...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania held a primary election Tuesday amid civil unrest, a pandemic, the introduction of new voting machines in some counties and the debut of mail-in balloting that pushed county election bureaus to their limits. The result of the highest-profile contest on the ballot was a foregone conclusion: President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, uncontested for their party's nominations, both won their primary Tuesday in Pennsylvania. The lack of drama in the outcome of the presidential primary and the huge number of voters who opted to vote by mail meant turnout was light.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) provided an update on Sunday of his administration’s response to the civil unrest in the Keystone State and, as cities across the state burn, asserted that Pennsylvanians have been “joining together to speak out against this injustice and make their voices heard, peacefully.” Cities in Pennsylvania — from Harrisburg to Philadelphia — saw violent protests over the weekend, spurred by the death of George Floyd. Two officers in Harrisburg had to be hospitalized as protesters hurled bricks their way, and several officers in Philadelphia were injured as the protests in the streets reached new heights...

Pennsylvania State Police on Saturday responded to a call to assist Harrisburg Police in responding to protests in Harrisburg that had turned violent. In an email to PennLive, Trooper Brent Miller, the spokesman for state police, said: “Local departments have requested the assistance of the Pennsylvania State Police. Troopers are currently responding to the Harrisburg Area to assist.” Reports of multiple other local law enforcement departments had been received. Saturday’s Black Lives Matter rally in Harrisburg, which had gathered in protest of the George Floyd death in police custody, began peacefully around noon but a few hours later, deteriorated into...

A rally in Harrisburg protesting the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police turned violent as protesters clashed with police. A PennLive photographer on the scene reported that protesters had surrounded a police car along Front and Forester streets and were chanting obscenities at officers. Police in riot gear reportedly arrived and responded by shooting pepper spray into the crowd.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Some county and state officials are warning that a flood of mailed-in ballots in Pennsylvania -- fueled by fears of in-person voting during the coronavirus pandemic -- will create problems in Tuesday’s primary election that must be fixed before they cause a disaster in this battleground state in November’s presidential election. For one, they are warning that there will be no way to produce timely election results in November unless the law changes to allow counties to process 'mailed-in' ballots 'before' Election Day. Even in Tuesday's relatively low-turnout primary election, election night results might be unlikely...